At a Glance
- Origin
- Greek (a Boeotian place name of unclear origin)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- THIZ-bee
Thisbe is a Greek (a Boeotian place name of unclear origin) girl's name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Thisbe
Origin: Greek (a Boeotian place name of unclear origin).
A common claim: often translated as 'she-goat' Actually: There's no real evidence behind this -- it looks like an invented gloss repeated on baby-name lists, and some sites give an entirely different (also unverifiable) translation, 'where the doves live.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Thisbe
THIZ-beeIPA /ˈθɪz.bi/
Popularity of Thisbe
Thisbe doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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